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Want to have full text access to the journal articles in the database ScienceDirect?  Then follow the simple steps in the guide that follows.

Why register?

  • WITHOUT registering AND/or signing in
    • No full-text access to restricted content
    • ONLY full-text access to a select list of subscribed journals
  • WITH registering AND signing in
    • Full-text access to ALL ScienceDirect content on a pay-per-use basis, paid for by the Library.

 

Step-by-step guide

  1. If you are unable to locate your invitation to register from ScienceDirect (email from sciencedirect@prod.lexis-nexis.com sent to all faculty and students late February 2014), contact Library personnel to express interest in registering for full text access.
    1. Contact information:
Library staffEmailPhone

Margery Ashmun

Science reference

mashmun@drew.edu973.408.3483

Guy Dobson

Library Systems Administrator

gdobson@drew.edu973.408.3207

 

  1. Provide library personnel with your Drew email address for use in registration.
  2. Check your email within 24 hours for an email from ScienceDirect inviting you to register.  
  3. You may receive an email like the one below with a Registration ID and Registration Password. 
    1. Click on the link provided in the email from SD and enter the Registration ID and Password in the appropriate spots.
      1. NOTE:  You must copy the Registration ID and password EXACTLY as written in the email received, paying close attention to upper and lower case letters.
  4. If the content of the email you receive is different than the one below, do as directed by the one you are sent.  .



5  After inputting your registration ID and password information, you will land on a page where you can either sign in using an original username and password combination (if you are a prior user/registrant) OR register for the first time by clicking on REGISTER (in red type) on the right side of the page and entering the required information. On the next screen, depending if you are student or faculty,  select "Drew University - VALE faculty" or "Drew University – VALE Student" as your organization and select "continue".  You should now have full text access to  ScienceDirect resources on a "pay-per-use" basis, paid for by the library.  See below for sample screen:

CLICK HERE to go to ScienceDirect

Registered vs. unregistered results

Search results look like this:

  • for the UN-registered and UN-signed in Drew user

 

 

  • for the registered AND signed in Drew user

 

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